Landscape Change and Trade in Ancient Greece: Evidence from Pollen Data
利用希腊南部六个地点的花粉数据，研究公元前1000年至公元600年的植被变化，揭示古希腊在罗马征服前几个世纪就已存在市场经济和贸易扩张。
Abstract In this article we use pollen data from six sites in southern Greece to study long-term vegetation change in this region from 1000 BCE to 600 CE. Based on insights from environmental history, we interpret our estimated trends in the regional presence of cereal, olive and vine pollen as proxies for structural changes in agricultural production. We present evidence that there was a market economy in ancient Greece and a major trade expansion several centuries before the Roman conquest. Our results are consistent with auxiliary data on settlement dynamics, shipwrecks and ancient oil and wine presses.